Game apparatus.



B. ALBERT: GAME APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED MAB. 8, 1911.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

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UNITED STATES P grENT OFFICE.

BABE'I'TE ALBERT, OF RIXDORF, GERMANY.

GAME APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, BABETTE ALBERT, a subject of the King of Bavaria,residing at Rixdorf, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to game apparatus like lotto and similar games ofthe kind in which numbered disks are placed upon numbered cards. Withgames of this type of lmown construction the cards have a smooth surfaceand the numbers called are to be covered by numbered disks made ofcardboard or wood or by small pieces of glass. It often happens that forsome reason the disks or glass plates are displaced which not onlydisturbs the game but, if pieces of glass are used, frequently causesaccidents.

The present invention has for its object to avoid all theseinconveniences by printing the numbers on the cards on raised panels,the usual disks being replaced by capsules or the like.

In the accompanying drawings the improved game apparatus is shown.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a card with two numbers covered. Fig. 2 is asection on line A-B of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 show on a larger scale twodifferent forms of construction of the capsule used for covering thenumbers. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a card with number panels ofpolygonal shape.

The improved lotto card a (Fig. 1) has the numbers printed on raisedpanels I; which are produced according to the material of the cardeither by embossing, by

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 8, 1911.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

Serial No. 613,133.

milling or by casting. To cover the numbers, capsules cd are used whichare made of transparent material such as celluloid or the like, saidcapsules consisting of a circular top plate with downwardly turned rim.The capsules 0 may have a central opening 6 (Fig. 8). This arrangementpermits to easily see which numbers are still free. The capsules (Z(Fig. 4) are made of opaque material and the numbers are printed on saidcapsules either in black or in color. The rim of the capsules is lesshigh than the rim of' the raised number-panels so that it is easy toremove the capsules from the panels.

The number panels may be of polygonal shape (Fig. 5) instead of circularshape as hereinbefore described. This shape of the number panelsfacilitates the manufacture of the cards whether the panels are raisedor in form of cavities.

I claim An improved lotto board and counter comprising in combination aboard, raised panels on said board on which the numbers are printed, andcounters consisting of capsules composed of a circular top-plate and adownwardly turned rim, substantially as described and shown and for thepurpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

BABETTE ALBERT.

Witnesses HENRY HASPER, WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

Copier. of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

